The men's discus throw at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Carrara Stadium in Queensland on 12 and 13 April 2018.
The winning margin was 4.22 metres which as of 2024 remains the greatest winning margin in the men's discus throw at these games, beating the previous record set at the 1958 Cardiff games by 1 cm.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows: World record74.08 mNeubrandenburg, East Germany6 June 1986Games record66.39 mManchester, England27 July 2002
Schedule The schedule was as follows: Date Time Round Thursday 12 April 2018 10:00 Qualification Friday 13 April 2018 19:45 Final All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)
Results Qualifying round Across two groups, those who threw ≥62.00 m (Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.
Rank Athlete Group #1 #2 #3 Result Notes Qual. 1 A 66.20 66.20 2 B 61.29 64.69 64.69 3 B 59.66 64.67 64.67 4 A 55.63 59.88 61.64 61.64 5 B 60.19 61.45 61.45 6 B 56.27 59.95 59.95 7 B 46.75 56.24 59.68 59.68 8 A 57.19 59.11 59.11 9 A 45.72 57.66 57.66 10 B 50.43 50.43 11 A 49.02 48.53 49.02 12 B 39.68 39.68 A B A
Final The medals were determined in the final.
Rank Name #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes 65.55 66.09 68.20 67.14 67.51 65.00 68.20 63.21 63.01 63.83 63.98 62.87 63.45 63.98 63.61 62.87 62.53 61.54 61.26 63.61 62.14 62.53 60.25 62.53 59.39 59.10 60.40 60.40 59.35 59.99 59.03 59.92 58.38 59.92 59.08 59.58 59.58 58.97 59.45 59.56 58.85 58.66 57.23 59.56 45.64 54.84 55.64 rowspan=4 colspan=3 55.64 10 50.35 52.60 52.60 11 50.96 49.98 50.96 12 43.50 43.50
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